Cost per passenger processed at the border

| | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13³ | |------------------|-------------|-------------|------------| | Costs¹ | £332,093,000| 304,987,000 | £303,974,000| | Number of passengers² | 102,073,000 | 106,216,000 | 106,441,000 | | Cost per passenger| £3.25 | £2.90 | £2.85 |

**Footnotes**

1 Costs associated with passenger processed at the border have been estimated using a full cost allocation model in which unit costs are calculated according to standard accountancy practices. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.

2 The number of passengers processed is a provisional estimate using a range of sources and include all persons entering the UK. The data are of the number of journeys made; a person who makes more than one journey is counted on each occasion. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.

3 In 2012/13 there was an improvement in the methodology for allocating staff time between passengers and detection activity, using newly available data on actual time spent rather than planned. This means a year on year direct comparison is not appropriate.

All figures quoted are management information which have been subject to internal quality checks. The numbers may differ from figures released as National Statistics in the Home Office Immigration Statistics as they are drawn from different snapshots of the UK Border Agency databases.